IMPRESSIVE SHOW: Remarkable results signal bruising battle at Olympics trials

ATHLETICS-GBR-DIAMOND-BIRMINGHAM Kenya's Mercy Cherono (R) and Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (2R) compete in the women's 5,000 metres during the 2016 IAAF Birmingham Diamond League athletics meeting at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on June 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL

The sixth IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England, on Sunday evening laid ground for fascinating clashes at the national trials set for end of this month.

The meet saw eight stadium records and six world leads, three from Kenyans — David Rudisha, Asbel Kiprop and Conseslus Kipruto — fall even as Britain’s four-time world champion Mo Farah set a world leading time of 7:32.62 in 3,000m.